Legal Analysis and Background on the EPA's Proposed Rules for Regulating Mercury Emissions from Electric Utilities.

Examines EPA proposed rules for regulating mercury emissions from electric utilities. Discusses rulemaking background and regulation of electric utilities under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and provides a legal analysis of EPA authority to regulate electric utilities under the CAA, EPA discretion to revi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Air > Pollution. Electric utilities. Environmental law. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines EPA proposed rules for regulating mercury emissions from electric utilities. Discusses rulemaking background and regulation of electric utilities under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and provides a legal analysis of EPA authority to regulate electric utilities under the CAA, EPA discretion to revise previous regulatory findings and institute a "cap-and-trade program," and implications of a 1998 settlement agreement for EPA efforts to regulate electric utilities.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.